Letters to the Editor

Bloomin success

Success: Gaylene Dudman says Wynyard's Bloomin' Tulips is a great event which delivers every year.

Tip toeing through the tulips in awe of a rainbow of beautiful colours, what a great event as tulips lovers came from all along the coast to view these graceful flowers and to enjoy the many activities from fun-filled parades, music, arts and crafts and of course, glorious food.

Congratulations to the Bloomin' Tulips organizers, another never ending success.

Gaylene Dudman, Burnie

Handling the truth

Mature people can generally handle truth, but struggle with lies.

As truth is not considered the realm of politicians, is it therefore wise to allow them to decide the issue of same-sex marriage?

As the will of the people is the basis of democracy, what is the problem with making this a referendum question - concurrently with the proposed question of aboriginal inclusion in the constitution (scheduled for this term of parliament), thereby allowing the people to have the final say on both issues…at half the cost…and binding on all members of parliament.

I for one, will not accept the validity of a politician’s vote (or promise).

The record shows…some ‘forget’, spend union funds on prostitutes, shred the evidence, make false financial claims, are just blatant liars.

All such people (together with the ‘honourable members’) make our laws.

Let the people decide, then we’ll have nobody to blame but ourselves.

David Bissett, Somerset

Not good enough

If our premier Will Hodgman can't see anything wrong with his minister Rene Hidding's behaviour then the Governor should sack them both.

There is no room in this age for bogan bully behaviour by anyone - especially our politicians who we are meant to look up to and respect. And particularly to women who all governments are meant to be educating the public about showing mature and respectful behaviour towards to decrease domestic violence etc.

Rene should have resigned and Will should have told us all his behaviour was unacceptable.

Sounds like a cover up to me.

Bert Lawatsch, Maydena

A moving experience

Ross Warren (Adv, Oct 4) questioned the equity of Devonport ratepayers funding the car parking development at the site of our former Steele St tenancy, adjacent to the Taswater Call Centre.

Seems the well intentioned establishment of facilities to enable Taswater's customers to call them has blossomed, not only into something of a grandiose regional command centre, but also apparently a plank of the Living City south-east CBD, revitalisation.

Having operated our business in lower Steele St for some 27 years, this is now the second time we have been punted along La Rive Gauche in the name of progress.

We have now disappeared completely from the familiarity of our beloved long-and-winding-road into Wenvoe Street.

Devonport ratepayers, and Taswater consumers, can however rest assured that none of their hard-earned was squandered helping to re-establish our business at another site as a consequence of this compulsory relocation.

Ken Greig, Newmans Heating

Real owner?

Good news, Gina is buying Kidman.

Gina will own 2/3 of the enterprise and the Chinese partner the remaining 1/3.

Assuming Gina has to borrow funds, will those funds be provided to her by the 1/3 partner? If yes, who will actually own Kidman?